#BBAF52#BBAF52

#BBAF52 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.115 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBAF52
RGB	rgb(187, 175, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.4%, 56.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -7.73, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 49.04, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.024 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.115 102)
XYZ	xyz(37.3477, 41.8353, 14.0887)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBAF52 #525EBB

analogous

#BB7B52 #BBAF52 #92BB52

triadic

#BBAF52 #52BBAF #AF52BB

tetradic

#BBAF52 #52BB7B #525EBB #BB5292

square

#BBAF52 #52BB7B #525EBB #BB5292

split-complementary

#BBAF52 #5292BB #7B52BB

monochromatic

#696229 #958B3B #BBAF52 #CCC37E #DED8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#BBAF52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#BBAF52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBAF52

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBAF52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBAF52	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8A49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbaf52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 175, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.115 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d2c686',
    500: '#bbaf52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbaf52;
$custom-light: #d2c686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbaf52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 43.568,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74525,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.41834
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBAF52

secondary

#9EA3CB

accent

#63D354

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FAF8EF

border

#D3D1CA

text

#14130B

muted

#83827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBAF52

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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